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Re: Scoot Henderson
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:20 pm
by JMAC3
EvanZ wrote:Braggins wrote:tester551 wrote:Not bad...
Watching most of his games, he has to dramatically improve his decision making. FAR too many "WTF" type plays.
Yeah, he was still at over 3 turnovers per game in that stretch. During the middle portion of the season when Portland had some of their other main ball handlers still playing he was starting to cut back on the turnovers, but later in the season when they were rolling with Delano Banton as the 2nd ball handler and Scoots responsibility drastically increased his turnovers trended back in the wrong direction.
What's funny is that the lap takers kept harping on Scoot's "lack of athleticism" which was never really the main issue. Or even his shooting which might end up being good enough. He needs to improve his decision-making. A lot of his plays just look like he isn't aware he's playing against NBA competition. I think he'll figure that out eventually though.
If you want to blame 100% of his inability to finish on "lack of touch" like he has never shot a layup before in his life then yeah... but it is pretty rare for guys with so called elite athleticism to struggle so much at the rim and he was down right awful there.
Re: Scoot Henderson
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:26 pm
by EvanZ
JMAC3 wrote:EvanZ wrote:Braggins wrote:Yeah, he was still at over 3 turnovers per game in that stretch. During the middle portion of the season when Portland had some of their other main ball handlers still playing he was starting to cut back on the turnovers, but later in the season when they were rolling with Delano Banton as the 2nd ball handler and Scoots responsibility drastically increased his turnovers trended back in the wrong direction.
What's funny is that the lap takers kept harping on Scoot's "lack of athleticism" which was never really the main issue. Or even his shooting which might end up being good enough. He needs to improve his decision-making. A lot of his plays just look like he isn't aware he's playing against NBA competition. I think he'll figure that out eventually though.
If you want to blame 100% of his inability to finish on "lack of touch" like he has never shot a layup before in his life then yeah... but it is pretty rare for guys with so called elite athleticism to struggle so much at the rim and he was down right awful there.
JMAC still can't believe what he actually sees apparently.
Re: Scoot Henderson
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:28 pm
by JMAC3
EvanZ wrote:JMAC3 wrote:EvanZ wrote:
What's funny is that the lap takers kept harping on Scoot's "lack of athleticism" which was never really the main issue. Or even his shooting which might end up being good enough. He needs to improve his decision-making. A lot of his plays just look like he isn't aware he's playing against NBA competition. I think he'll figure that out eventually though.
If you want to blame 100% of his inability to finish on "lack of touch" like he has never shot a layup before in his life then yeah... but it is pretty rare for guys with so called elite athleticism to struggle so much at the rim and he was down right awful there.
JMAC still can't believe what he actually sees apparently.
I am asking you, you 100% blame his poor finishing on lack of touch then? nothing to do with him not being as athletic as he sold as?
Interesting.
Re: Scoot Henderson
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 7:38 pm
by JMAC3
Finishing Numbers
0-3 feet
50.3%
Ranked 235th out of 240 players according to basketball ref
0-5 feet
45.1%
Ranked 383rd among 389 players according to Dunks and 3s EPM metrics
Re: Scoot Henderson
Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 11:16 pm
by Big J
Not even 1st or 2nd team All Rookie... but I thought he was a can't miss prospect.
Re: Scoot Henderson
Posted: Mon May 20, 2024 11:56 pm
by JRoy
Scoot is just awful.
He has a lot of work to do to be merely bad.
Re: Scoot Henderson
Posted: Tue May 21, 2024 6:23 pm
by Notanoob
JMAC3 wrote:EvanZ wrote:Braggins wrote:Yeah, he was still at over 3 turnovers per game in that stretch. During the middle portion of the season when Portland had some of their other main ball handlers still playing he was starting to cut back on the turnovers, but later in the season when they were rolling with Delano Banton as the 2nd ball handler and Scoots responsibility drastically increased his turnovers trended back in the wrong direction.
What's funny is that the lap takers kept harping on Scoot's "lack of athleticism" which was never really the main issue. Or even his shooting which might end up being good enough. He needs to improve his decision-making. A lot of his plays just look like he isn't aware he's playing against NBA competition. I think he'll figure that out eventually though.
If you want to blame 100% of his inability to finish on "lack of touch" like he has never shot a layup before in his life then yeah... but it is pretty rare for guys with so called elite athleticism to struggle so much at the rim and he was down right awful there.
I think he is a bit less athletic than he was sold, but there are definitely cases of good athletes with poor touch. I remember people ignored Stanley Johnson's terrible finishing because he was so strong and explosive, and it turned out he just had bad touch.
Touch is a separate quality from athleticism, and there are examples of guys who aren't exceptional athletes who have good touch and visa versa.